In line with the release of iOS 12, I'm happy to announce a big update for SnipNotes, which takes advantage of the operating system's new features. This update focuses on the integration of Siri Shortcut, which lets you automate frequently used actions and trigger them with your voice.
Important: This feature requires iOS 12 and SnipNotes version 2.8 or above.
You can use Siri on your iPhone or iPad to automate commonly used actions with shortcuts. A Siri shortcut is a custom voice command that you record to trigger a particular action in an app. SnipNotes allows you to create shortcuts for the following use cases:
At the bottom of a note, you’ll find the shortcuts button. This will open a menu with multiple options, inter alia:
Open a category and tap on the list icon with the little plus symbol to open the create menu. This menu also allows you to create the following Siri Shortcuts:
Siri will also suggest shortcuts for actions that you perform frequently on the lock screen, in Siri settings and on Apple Watch.
Notice: These features require at least SnipNotes 2.7 for iOS or SnipNotes 1.3 for macOS.
You can style your notes with a variety of formatting options:
Use the buttons above the keyboard (iOS) or the toolbar buttons (macOS) to control formatting. Many formatting options can also be set with the keyboard (e.g. ⌘ + B for bold text).
Formatting can be applied to selected text as well as to the current cursor position.
SnipNotes stores the formatted text in Markdown syntax. This means that you can also write notes in Markdown directly:
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
Please note that you can currently not combine multiple formatting options.
If you use iCloud synchronization, your notes are backup up automatically in iCloud and will be downloaded on the first launch of a new device.
In addition, you can use the backup functionality of your device to create a copy of SnipNotes’ data:
Back up your device as usual via iCloud or iTunes. This backup contains the data of all your installed apps, including SnipNotes.
Create a copy of SnipNotes’ data folders with Time Machine or another backup utility:
~/Library/Containers/de.lisczyk.felix.SnipNotesMacApp/
~/Library/Group Containers/7T8DYS43CJ.de.lisczyk.felix.SnipNotes/
The second path contains a subfolder “database”. The file “SnipNotes.realm” stores all your notes and can be viewed with the free tool Realm Browser.
Notice: When you restore a local backup, you may have to reset the iCloud synchronization.
Since its humble beginnings as a simple clipboard for text snippets, SnipNotes has evolved into a comprehensive note-taking app and is chosen by more and more users as their primary notepad. One of SnipNotes’ biggest remaining limitations is that notes can only contain plain text and no other elements. The next updates are aimed at filling this gap. Here is an overview of the current development plan. Continue reading
I'm excited to release another big SnipNotes update for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. This update is all about making your work with SnipNotes more efficient and enjoyable. You can download these updates on their respective App Store starting today.
Important: This functionality requires an iPad or iPhone running iOS 11 and SnipNotes 2.6 or higher
Drag and Drop is an intuitive and fast way to interact with your notes. SnipNotes supports Drag and Drop in the following areas:
Put SnipNotes side-by-side with another app, e.g. Safari. Long-press on an image or a paragraph in the other app until it hovers under your finger. You can use another finger to select additional elements. Drag these objects onto the list of notes in SnipNotes and lift your finger. SnipNotes will create a new note for each element.
Put SnipNotes side-by-side with another app, e.g. Apple Notes. Long-press on a note in the list until it hovers under your finger. You can use another finger to select additional notes. Drag these notes into the other app until you see a little plus icon. Lift your finger and your notes will be copied into the other app.
You can use Drag and Drop to quickly move multiple notes into another category or into the trash. Drag them onto the category icon in the upper left corner. Hold your finger for a second until the category picker opens up. Drop your notes onto a category to move your notes there.
Instead of using the multi-select button in the lower left corner, you can access the same features with Drag and Drop. Start to drag a note and you will see a little arrow button in the upper right corner of the notes list. Select additional notes and drop them onto the arrow button. From there you can select to merge, share or delete them. For deleting your notes you can also drag them onto the trash button in the lower right corner of the screen and lift your finger.
Important: This feature requires SnipNotes version 2.6 or above.
You can use Siri on your iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch to create new notes, append text to existing notes and search for notes. Open Siri by long-pressing on the home button and try one of the following examples:
“Create a note in SnipNotes saying buy milk and cheese”
“Create a note called shopping list in SnipNotes saying tomatoes and cucumbers”
“Create a note in SnipNotes saying buy milk and cheese in shopping category”
“Append milk to my note called shopping list in SnipNotes”
“Show me all my notes in SnipNotes”
“Show me notes I created last week in SnipNotes”
“Show me notes in SnipNotes that contain the word buy”
Important: You must include “in SnipNotes” in your requests. Otherwise, Siri talks to Apple Notes instead of SnipNotes.
